COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 Article 10 Measures on Sea bass fisheries It shall be prohibited for Union fishing vessels to fish for sea bass in ICES divisions VIIb, VIIc, VIIj and VIIk, as well as in the waters of ICES divisions VIIa and VIIg that

Many anglers have, rightly, been angered by the EU Fisheries Ministers (including the UK’s George Eustice) removing their right to catch and eat bass in the first six months of 2016, whilst some commercial fishermen have been allowed to continue landing bass in four of those six